Written by

Robert Bianco
| USA TODAY

Unfortunately, last night was not the time -- and the Emmys were clearly not the place.

It's easy to see why the people behind ABC's Emmy broadcast Sunday turned to Kimmel, the current darling of the Hollywood crowd (as you can tell by how willing they were to play along in his taped bits) and the host of what has become the most entertaining of the late-night shows. But even had Kimmel been at this best -- and he wasn't -- the outsider act that works so well for him on his own show was out of place in a job that makes you, like it or not, the ...